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Yamaha RX-V596

Name: Yamaha RX-V596
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: 7548
Price: 145.00 CAD
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Description

Good Quality Yamaha 500 Watt 5.1 AVR with Phono
The RX-V596 is a solidly built audio/video receiver from the Yamaha company that is designed to be used in conjunction with speakers and subwoofers for high-quality home theater entertainment systems. Utilizing a five-channel design with 100-watts available per output, this model incorporates a number of “natural sound” technologies that help to achieve the highest possible quality audio signals.
These include Dolby Digital and DTS (Digital Theater Systems) decoding systems, as well as Dolby Pro Logic and Yamaha’s DSP processors that include Cinema and Tri-field settings for an optimal audio experience. The DTS technology functions as a 5.1 system, handling content from common formats such as DVDs, CDs and other user-created laser discs.
24-bit digital-to-analog signal conversion ensures maximum potential quality from all possible inputs, and working with the unit’s discrete power transistors to provide a clean, unhindered signal. Full-channel separation is achieved via Yamaha’s IC chips, preventing front-to-back surround sound bleed for a richer, more authentic home theater experience.
The RX-V596 comes pre-loaded with 24 sound program presets and with AM/FM radio functionality allowing for up to 40 user-created presets. A/B speaker switching makes multi-system setup possible with one-button toggling, and low impedance drive switching makes the receiver functional with almost all standalone speaker and subwoofer models on the market. In addition, the unit features a sleep timer function for late-night energy conservation, programmable in half-hour increments up to two hours.
This Yamaha boasts a Phono input, three optical digital and two coaxial digital inputs, and subwoofer Pre-out, in addition to S-Video Handling.
Key Features
Channels 5.1
Channel Output Power 500 Watt
Amplifier Output Details 100 Watt – 8 Ohm – 20 – 20000 Hz – THD 0.06% – 2 channel(s) ( main ), 100 Watt – 8 Ohm – 20 – 20000 Hz – THD 0.06% – 2 channel(s) ( surround ), 100 Watt – 8 Ohm – 20 – 22000 Hz – THD 0.06% – 1 channel(s) ( center )
Surround Sound Effects Digital Cinema Sound Virtual 3D
Sound Output Type Surround Sound
Built-in Decoders DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic
Receiver Tuner Type Digital Receiver Tuner Bands AM/FM
Dimensions
Height 5.94 in. Width 17.13 in. Depth 15.4 in
Weight 24.69 lb.
Includes Yamaha Remote and soft copy of manual in PDF. Asking just $145.

Additional information

Weight	24.69 lbs
Dimensions	9.94 × 21.13 × 19.4 in

About brand

Yamaha at Radique

We service Yamaha, too. Bring us your own Yamaha receivers, amplifiers, CD players, cassette decks, speakers and subwoofers for repair, servicing or restoration, with a 90-day warranty on the work. See our Audio Service page

Yamaha began as an organ maker in Hamamatsu, Japan, in 1887. It made gramophones from the 1920s and began hi-fi with the 1954 HiFi Player. We carry Yamaha AV receivers, vintage stereo receivers, CD players, subwoofers and speakers. We've had more than 280 Yamaha listings so far, covering nearly 200 different models. Every used Yamaha here is inspected, tested and serviced as required, then photographed in-house and covered by our Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Every AV receiver we list is tested input by input on our bench: each HDMI input and output, the analog, optical and coaxial inputs, the subwoofer outputs and the wireless features where it has them. Don't see the model you want? Tell us on First Dibs and we'll email you when one arrives.

Yamaha models we've sold most often: the SW-3 subwoofer, the NX-E270 surrounds, and the RX-V1400, RX-V850 and RX-V800 AV receivers.

The Yamaha hi-fi story

Torakusu Yamaha built his first reed organ in Hamamatsu in 1887 and founded Nippon Gakki in 1897; the company was renamed Yamaha Corporation in 1987. Yamaha calls the 1954 HiFi Player its first audio product, and dates its first Natural Sound (NS) speakers to 1967.

1970s hi-fi. The CA-700 and CA-500 of 1972 were Yamaha's first integrated amplifiers, and the CA-1000 of 1973 could switch its output stage between Class A and Class A/B. The NS-1000 and NS-1000M speakers of 1974 used beryllium dome drivers, and the NS-10M of 1978, sold for home use, became a studio monitor.

CD and surround. The CD-1 of 1982 was Yamaha's first CD player. The DSP-1 of 1986 was a Digital Sound Field Processor, and in 1993 the RX-V870 became the first Yamaha receiver with CINEMA DSP. The RX-V992 of 1997 added built-in Dolby Digital decoding.

AVENTAGE. The AVENTAGE (RX-A) receiver line launched in 2010, above the RX-V range.

Which Yamaha is which?

CA integrated amplifiers (1972 to about 1979): the CA-500, CA-700, CA-1000 and CA-2000, followed by the A-series.

CR receivers (mid-1970s to about 1980): the CR-1000, then the CR-620 to CR-2020 generation of 1977 to 1979.

NS speakers: from the NS-690 and the beryllium NS-1000 to the NS-10M bookshelf speaker, made from 1978 to 2001.

CD players: from the CD-1 of 1982 to the CDX and GT-CD models.

RX-V AV receivers (from at least 1991): such as the RX-V800, RX-V850 and RX-V1400 we sell often. Built-in Dolby Digital arrived in 1997, YPAO room calibration in 2003 and HDMI in the mid-2000s.

RX-A AVENTAGE (from 2010): the step-up AV receivers. The RX-Z models were the flagships until 2007.

Buying used Yamaha: what to check

Formats. On an AV receiver, check what it decodes and connects to: Dolby Digital from 1997, room calibration from 2003, HDMI from the mid-2000s.

HDMI boards. On modern AV receivers, HDMI is usually the first thing to fail. We test every HDMI input and output before listing.

CR receivers. Owners suggest asking whether service bulletins were done on a CR-2020, and expect scratchy controls and burnt-out dial lamps on any unserviced unit.

NS speakers. Check that the tweeters on an NS-10M are original and both work, and inspect the beryllium domes on an NS-1000, since Yamaha stopped making beryllium diaphragms in 1997.

Everything we list is inspected, tested and serviced as required here, and comes with our warranty.